likeness of natural or man-made features, objects, and activities acquired through the sensing of visual or any other segment of the electromagnetic spectrum by sensors, such as thermal infrared, and high resolution radar and stored in digital format

likeness of natural or man-made features, objects, and activities acquired through the sensing of visual or any other segment of the electromagnetic spectrum by sensors, such as thermal infrared, and high resolution radar and reproduced on paper, photographic material, or other media for use directly by the human user

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mapDigital

map represented in raster or vector form

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mapHardcopy

map printed on paper, photographic material, or other media for use directly by the human user

the individual or organization whose name should appear first in the citation for the resource (for names that come after the first use co-author). while it is possible to have an author and principle investigator be the same individual or organization, author is not the same as nor synonymous with principle investigator. applicable mainly to documents, reports, memos, etc.

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maps to dataCite element: 'Creator'

custodian

the individual or organization that has accountability and responsibility for the data and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the resource.

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archive

distributor

the organization that is responsible for providing the PARR required access to the data.

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maps to dataCite element: 'Publisher'

originator

the name of the individual or organization who is responsible for the data at the point when the data was first created. applicable for data sets that are an aggregation of two or more data sets or if the data set is the first instance of the signal having been converted into data.

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maps to dataCite element: 'Creator'

owner

the individual or organization that has ownership of the resource.

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pointOfContact

the individual or organization who is responsible for the initial triage of and answering questions related to the resource.

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data collector, contactable expert

principalInvestigator

the individual or individuals who are the lead researchers for a grant (i.e. head of the laboratory, research group leader, etc.). if there are co-principal investigators then this field will repeat for each principle investigator. while it is possible to have a principal investigator and author be the same individual or organization, principal investigator is not the same nor synonymous with author.

the name of the individual or organization who has processed the data in a manner such that the resource has been modified.

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publisher

the individual or organization who prepares and issues the resource.

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maps to dataCite element: 'Publisher'

resourceProvider

the individual or organization that supplies or allocates the resource for another entity.

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maps to dataCite element: 'Creator'

sponsor

the individual or organization who is providing sponsorship for the resource.

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user

the individuals or organizations who are the intended consumers of the resource.

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coAuthor

the individual(s) or organization(s) who name(s) should appear after the first name in a citation for the resource (use author to denote the first name in the citation). while it is possible to have a co-author and principal investigator/collaborator be the same individual or organization, co-author is no the same as nor synonymous with principle investigator or collaborator

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maps to dataCite element: 'Creator'

collaborator

party who assists with the generation of the resource other than the principal investigator

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maps to dataCite element: 'Creator'

contributor

the individuals or organizations whose contributions deserve recognition in the citation. contributor is mutually exclusive from author, co-author, principal investigator, and collaborator. use ISO MD_Identification credit field to identify individual or organizations that should be given acknowledgement only.

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editor

the individual who has made a corrective or editorial change to the resource as part of a systematic revision process.

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funder

the individual or organization which has provided all or part of the finances associated with the resource.

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mediator

a class of entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful

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rightsHolder

the individual or organization who has ownership of the legal right to the resource.

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stakeholder

an individual or organization who has an interest in the resource and/or is affected by or affects the actions of the resource

meaningful numerical representation of a physical parameter that is not the actual value of the physical parameter

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thematicClassification

code value with no quantitative meaning, used to represent a physical quantity

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physicalMeasurement

value in physical units of the quantity being measured

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auxillaryInformation

data, usually a physical measurement, used to support the calculation of the primary physicalMeasurement coverages in the dataset (e.g. grid of aerosol optical thickness used in the calculation of a sea surface temperature product).

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coordinate

data used to provide coordinate axis values

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modelResult

resources with values that are calculated using a model rather than being observed or calculated from observations.

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qualityInformation

data used to characterize the quality of the physicalMeasurement coverages in the dataset. Typically included in a gmi:QE_CoverageResult.

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referenceInformation

reference information used to support the calculation or use of the physicalMeasurement coverages in the dataset (e.g. grids of latitude/longitude used to geolocate the physical measurements).

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auxilliaryData

values of extraneous data that are not part of the physical measurement

acute angle between the plane of the ecliptic (the plane of the Earth s orbit) and the plane of the celestial equator

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fog

portion of the image is partially obscured by fog

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heavySmokeOrDust

portion of the image is partially obscured by heavy smoke or dust

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night

image was taken at night

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rain

image was taken during rainfall

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semiDarkness

image was taken during semi-dark conditions -- twilight conditions

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shadow

portion of the image is obscured by shadow

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snow

portion of the image is obscured by snow

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terrainMasking

the absence of collection data of a given point or area caused by the relative location of topographic features which obstruct the collection path between the collector(s) and the subject(s) of interest

exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor

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patent

government has granted exclusive right to make, sell, use or license an invention or discovery

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patentPending

produced or sold information awaiting a patent

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trademark

a name, symbol, or other device identifying a product, officially registered and legally restricted to the use of the owner or manufacturer

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license

formal permission to do something

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intellectualPropertyRights

rights to financial benefit from and control of distribution of non-tangible property that is a result of creativity

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restricted

withheld from general circulation or disclosure

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otherRestrictions

limitation not listed

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applies to data is public and in the archive, but not distributed by the archive - add more info in free text field

unrestricted

no constraints exist

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licenceUnrestricted

formal permission not required to use the resource

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licenceEndUser

formal permission required for a person or an entity to use the resource and that may differ from the person that orders or purchases it

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licenceDistributor

formal permission required for a person or an entity to commercialize or distribute the resource

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private

protects rights of individual or organisations from observation, intrusion, or attention of others

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statutory

prescribed by law

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confidential

not available to the public contains information that could be prejudicial to a commercial, industrial, or national interest

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SBU

although unclassified, requires strict controls over its distribution.

1-dimensional topological complex that is planar. (A planar graph is a graph that can be drawn in a plane in such a way that no two edges intersect except at a vertex.)

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fullPlanarGraph

2-dimensional topological complex that is planar. (A 2-dimensional topological complex is commonly called full topology in a cartographic 2D environment.)

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surfaceGraph

1-dimensional topological complex that is isomorphic to a subset of a surface. (A geometric complex is isomorphic to a topological complex if their elements are in a one-to-one, dimensional-and boundry-preserving correspondence to one another.)

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fullSurfaceGraph

2-dimensional topological complex that is isomorphic to a subset of a surface

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topology3D

3-dimensional topological complex. (A topological complex is a collection of topological primitives that are closed under the boundary operations.)

SV_CouplingType

service instance is loosely coupled with a data instance, i.e. no MD_DataIdentification class has to be described

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mixed

service instance is mixed coupled with a data instance, i.e. MD_DataIdentification describes the associated data instance and additionally the service instance might work with other external data instances

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tight

service instance is tightly coupled with a data instance, i.e. MD_DataIdentification class MUST be described